This week we feature a potpourri of words. We opened a dictionary, shook it gently, and these words fell out. They came in all shapes, sizes, and senses. They're short and long. They're flighty and grouchy. Call 'em what you will, a medley of words, a farrago, or a gallimaufry. They're disparate, they're diverse. They are varied and variegated, unclassified and unsorted. And they're all ready to serve.
bedswerver (bed-SWUR-vuhr) noun An unfaithful spouse. [From Old English bedd (bed) + sweorfan (to rub, to file away).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "I knew that she was a bedswerver, aiming to sweep out from her hubby's cot into mine." Richard Flanagan; Gould's Book of Fish; Grove Press; 2002. Sponsored by: Subscribe to http://delanceyplace.com -- a carefully selected non-fiction book excerpt free to your email each day. It's the thinking person's daily quotation. Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=p17 ............................................................................ Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does. -Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914), [The Devil's Dictionary, 1906] Discuss this week's words on our bulletin board: http://wordsmith.org/board Remove, change address, gift subs: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/bedswerver.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/bedswerver.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/bedswerver.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
